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Archive for March, 2009

HSE Review of Adequacy of Child and Family Services for 2008

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children if she has been furnished with the Health Service Executive review of adequacy of child and family services for the year ending 31 December 2007; Continue reading »

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Dail Question to Minister for Finance – Motor Industry Job Losses

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

DÁIL QUESTION NO: 177

To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 4000 jobs have been lost in the motor industry in the course of the past 12 months; his views on whether a failure to take emergency measures could result not only in further job losses but in the closure of a substantial number of car dealerships and further job losses during 2009; Continue reading »

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Unemployment soars – but Govt slashes successful training schemes – Shatter

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

Local Dublin South Fine Gael TD, Alan Shatter, is condemning Government plans to impose cutbacks on successful upskilling programmes in its emergency Budget just as unemployment shoots past 10%, and without laying a finger on FÁS’s bloated spending. Continue reading »

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Dail Adjournment Debate – Children who have died in care or while reported to be at risk

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

Transcript of Dail Adjournment Debate 5th Mar 2009

Children in Care

Deputy Alan Shatter: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise the issue, which has been somewhat truncated from the original matter submitted. My concern is with children known to be at risk and notified to the health board or HSE as being at risk who have lost their lives or children who have lost their lives having already found their way into the care system. 

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Shatter to force Minister to account for deaths of children in care

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

Fine Gael Children Spokesperson, Alan Shatter TD, will today (Thursday) call the Minister for Children to account in the Dáil for the deaths of children in care and ask that he explains what steps the Government is taking to protect children at risk. Continue reading »

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No Confidence in Cowen’s April Fool’s Budget – Shatter

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

The latest fire brigade attempt by the Government to tackle the hole in the public finances, says Fine Gael Front Bencher, Alan Shatter TD, ‘is appropriately scheduled for early April as the Taoiseach confirmed in the Dáil today.’ Continue reading »

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Shatter Accuses the HSE of Causing Confusion and Fear Among Over 70’s Medical Card Holders

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

Alan Shatter TD today accused the HSE of causing confusion and anxiety for pensioners. Continue reading »

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